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FEED CUTTER. No. 350,159. Patented Oct. 5, 1886.

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JOHN SUHOEPFLIN, OF GARDENVILLE, NElV YORK.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 350,159, dated October 5, 1886.

Application tiled March 23, 1595.

T0 (6 whom it may concern:

Be it known that I. JOHN ScaoErrLLv, a citizen of the United States, residing at- Gardenville, in the county of Erie and State ofNew York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Feed-Cutters, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention as constructed and applied will be understood by reference to the following specification. and claims.

In the drawings, Figure] is a side elevation of a feed-cutter with the fl vwheel removed; Fig. 2, a top plan of the same with the upper feeding-roller removed; Fig. I}, a detail ol'the fly-wheel removed and reduced in size.

A represents the usual frame, and ll the feeding-box.

C isa toothed operati ngwvheel having cranks a. ()n the shaft I) of this Wheel .is the under feeding-roller, b, that operates in connection with the usual toothed feeding-roller above it. (Not shown.) Therollerb is made with heads I) and inclined to theshaft like a spool, the object being to take the pressure off the ends, as

is now the case, the tendency of the feed being to work to the sides or ends of the rolls and clog them. The inclined heads prevent this by keeping the straw or hay in the center,where it can be properly acted on by the cutter.

D is a toothed wheel on the cutter-shaft e, (cutter not shown,) meshing with operatingwheel 0. On the opposite end of this shaft 0 is the fly-wheel E, having its hub constructed with an elongated bearing, d, (see Fig. 3,) the lower part round and the upper part square. Into this is set a safetybox, e, the lower part rounded to admit the shaft 0, but allowing a slight vertical play in the hub. Through the top of thishub is a setscrew, i, that presses the safety-box onto the shaft, and is set at a sut'ficient tension to allow hay or straw to pass through the cutter; but if the knife meets any foreign substance-sueh as a stick, stone, &c.- the fly-wheel, from the resistance of the cutter, will revolve loose on the shaft, and thus prevent damage to the knife. X0 key is used in this flywheel. On the same shaft, close to the side frame, is an eccentric,f, which oscillates a forked upright piece, g, pivoted to the side frame and having a vertical slot, h, therein, in which is pivoted an adjustable loose arm, j,

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holding a roller or pin, 7.. (See Figs. 1 and 2.) This rests in the teeth of a largeratchet-wheel, F, on the end of the feeder-shalt m, the seat be tween each tooth being rounded out to allow this roller 7.: to set therein. Thisallows an adjustment, highor low,0fthe armj,whereasthe ordinary ratchet and ratchet-tooth would break at various adjustments. It also allows for meeting the rise of the ratchet-wheel by the action 0tthe feed-roller, which is set in the usual vertical bearings, but is kept in proper adjustment bythe side springs, 11 n, which. are of wood, the extreme ends resting on the feed roller shaft 112, as shown, and the other end (of each) set in a clamp, 2, pivoted at z to the outside of the teeding-boxli, having a curved longitudinal slot, 3, with a screw nut passing through the slot into the box. 3y this simple means the springs are tightened by being pressed down on the shaft m, andthe screwaiut set tight againstthe clamp p. The adj ustment ot' the arm j in the slot h is important, as it makes the feed of the roller longer or shorter by graduating it to allow the roller k to slip over one, two, or more teeth on the ratchetwheel, setting the arm for different lengths of feed, as required.

15 is a dog pivoted to the shaft of the upright forked piece 9 to follow its movements. The face of this dog is serrated to catch the ratchet-teeth to prevent any backward movement. A stop, it, preventsits dropping.

a; is a weighted dog used for the same purpose; but when the cutter runs fast it does not always work satisfactorily, and the dog I is intended to replace it.

I claim- 1. The combination, in a teed-eutter,with a supporting-frame, of a t'eed-roll, a ratchet-wheel on one end of the same, acuttershat't carrying a cam, a forked upright pivoted to the frame and having its forked end fitting overthe cam, said upright being formed with a slot, 71, an arm, j, secured adjustably in said slot, a roller carried by the arm j and resting on the ratchetwheel, and detent devices,as described, for preventing the backward movement of the ratchetwheel, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, in afeed-cutter, with a supportingtrame, of a feed-roller having bearing and vertically adjustable in slots of the frame, springs bearing against the upper side scribed, forregnlating the tension of the latter, a ratchet-wheel, F, the cutter-shaft, a cam, f,a pivoted forked standard, 9, having a vertical slot, h, armj, carrying roller 70, removable flywheel, detent devices, as described, and an under feed-r011 having tapering heads, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in 20 presence of two witnesses.

JOHN SCHOEPFLIN.

XVitnesses:

J. R. DRAKE, T. H. PARSONS. 

